diff --git a/grafana_dashboards/builder.py b/grafana_dashboards/builder.py
index 66b9655..425ee21 100644
--- a/grafana_dashboards/builder.py
+++ b/grafana_dashboards/builder.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class Builder(object):
         self.cache = Cache(
             config.get('cache', 'cachedir'),
             config.getboolean('cache', 'enabled'))
+        self.folder_id = config.getint('grafana', 'folderid')
         self.grafana = Grafana(
             url=config.get('grafana', 'url'),
             key=config.get('grafana', 'apikey'))
@@ -84,7 +85,9 @@ class Builder(object):
         for name in data:
             data, md5 = self.parser.get_dashboard(name)
             if self.cache.has_changed(name, md5):
-                self.grafana.dashboard.create(name, data, overwrite=True)
+                self.grafana.dashboard.create(name, data,
+                                              overwrite=True,
+                                              folder_id=self.folder_id)
                 self.cache.set(name, md5)
             else:
                 LOG.debug("'%s' has not changed" % name)
diff --git a/grafana_dashboards/cmd.py b/grafana_dashboards/cmd.py
index a8eaca5..47682c7 100644
--- a/grafana_dashboards/cmd.py
+++ b/grafana_dashboards/cmd.py
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ class Client(object):
         parser.add_argument(
             '--grafana-apikey', dest='grafana_apikey',
             help='API key to access grafana.')
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--grafana-folderid', dest='grafana_folderid',
+            help='The id of the folder to save the dashboard in.')
         parser.add_argument(
             '--version', dest='version', action='version',
             version=__version__, help="show "
@@ -94,6 +97,9 @@ class Client(object):
         if self.args.grafana_apikey:
             self.config.set('grafana', 'apikey', self.args.grafana_apikey)
             LOG.debug('Grafana APIKey overridden')
+        if self.args.grafana_folderid:
+            self.config.set('grafana', 'folderid', self.args.grafana_folderid)
+            LOG.debug('Grafana Folderid overridden')
 
     def setup_logging(self):
         if self.args.debug:
diff --git a/grafana_dashboards/config.py b/grafana_dashboards/config.py
index 5ecd4ed..a61db5d 100644
--- a/grafana_dashboards/config.py
+++ b/grafana_dashboards/config.py
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ class Config(ConfigParser.ConfigParser):
         self.add_section('grafana')
         self.set('grafana', 'apikey', '')
         self.set('grafana', 'url', 'http://localhost:8080')
+        self.set('grafana', 'folderid', '0')
diff --git a/grafana_dashboards/grafana/dashboard.py b/grafana_dashboards/grafana/dashboard.py
index 3f634b6..aed9990 100644
--- a/grafana_dashboards/grafana/dashboard.py
+++ b/grafana_dashboards/grafana/dashboard.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class Dashboard(object):
         self.url = utils.urljoin(url, 'api/dashboards/db/')
         self.session = session
 
-    def create(self, name, data, overwrite=False):
+    def create(self, name, data, overwrite=False, folder_id=0):
         """Create a new dashboard
 
         :param name: URL friendly title of the dashboard
@@ -35,12 +35,15 @@ class Dashboard(object):
         :param overwrite: Overwrite existing dashboard with newer version or
                           with the same dashboard title
         :type overwrite: bool
+        :param folder_id: The id of the folder to save the dashboard in.
+        :type folder_id: int
 
         :raises Exception: if dashboard already exists
 
         """
         dashboard = {
             'dashboard': data,
+            'folderId': folder_id,
             'overwrite': overwrite,
         }
         if not overwrite and self.is_dashboard(name):
diff --git a/tests/cmd/test_override.py b/tests/cmd/test_override.py
index 9c96eac..6bd575a 100644
--- a/tests/cmd/test_override.py
+++ b/tests/cmd/test_override.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class TestCaseArgs(TestCase):
         required = [
             'Grafana URL override: http://example.grafana.org:3000',
             '.*?^Grafana APIKey overridden',
+            '.*?^Grafana Folderid overridden',
             '.*?^Validating schema in %s' % self.path,
         ]
 
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ class TestCaseArgs(TestCase):
             'http://example.grafana.org:3000',
             '--grafana-apikey',
             'xyz',
+            '--grafana-folderid',
+            '1',
             'validate',
             self.path,
         ]
diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index 0e1cb9f..eb26c8b 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -29,5 +29,7 @@ class TestCaseConfig(TestCase):
             self.config.get('cache', 'cachedir'), '~/.cache/grafyaml')
         self.assertEqual(
             self.config.get('grafana', 'apikey'), '')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.config.get('grafana', 'folderid'), '0')
         self.assertEqual(
             self.config.get('grafana', 'url'), 'http://localhost:8080')